By Norm Singleton Critics of free market-minded members of Congress often disparage them for blocking “must-pass” pieces of legislation. These detractors argue that liberty-focused lawmakers should not let perfect be the enemy of the good— and that isolated concerns will never be enough to ensure more fiscal conservatism or fend off the regulatory state. This…
by Jenna Obie Maine Governor Janet Mills is once again at the center of controversy, this time for refusing to comply with an executive order issued by President Donald Trump. While some have hailed her defiance as an act of political courage, many Mainers see it as yet another example of her disregard for the…
William L. Kovacs DOGE stands for the Department of Government Efficiency, a creation of President Trump. This five-part series describes the DOGE and its relationship to the laws of political chaos, a brief history of the predecessors to DOGE, the long-overdue need to implement the hard work done by prior DOGEs, a recognition that real…
A widely shared post on X (formerly Twitter) from an account called AF Post claimed “Milei Government increases electricity and gas tariffs on middle and low income households by more than 100%.” Milei Government increases electricity and gas tariffs on middle and low income households by more than 100%. Follow: @AFpost pic.twitter.com/PjPenIy72x — AF Post…
The Libertarian Party was in the national spotlight as they held their party convention over Memorial Day Weekend to nominate their Presidential Candidate. It was not the candidates themselves that drew the national interest and media attention, but rather the guest speakers that were lined up to deliver speeches. Former Republican Presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy…
The use of Ivermectin as a treatment for SARS-CoV-2 has become ever more controversial following Joe Rogan using it as a treatment. Fact Checkers warn us not to listen to Joe Rogan as he’s not a medical expert, while simultaneously parading Big Bird and the Jonas Brothers as Public Service Announcements in favor of the…
By Alejandro Canosa After an impressive campaign that excited the youth with his libertarian minarchist message, Javier Milei was elected to Congress in Argentina. His party’s totals in the populous Autonomous City of Buenos Aires also sent his running mate to Congress, giving his party two representatives in Congress. As if that wasn’t enough, libertarian…
Laurel Duggan Moms for Liberty, a parental rights advocacy group focused on education, is grabbing national headlines as it rapidly expands throughout the U.S. The Washington Post dedicated 2,000 words to the group in a piece which likened them to the Tea Party and the “moral majority” movement of the 1980s. The COVID-19 pandemic shutdown of schools drove…
Sebastian Hughes on September 16, 2021 Lieutenant General Thomas Spoehr, who oversaw the U.S. withdrawal from Iraq in 2011, told the Daily Caller News Foundation that the failure to prepare for the “worst case scenario” caused the withdrawal from Afghanistan to be far more chaotic. “We were down to the individual name and I think,…
Andrew Kerr on September 16, 2021 Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez may have violated a myriad of House ethics rules for attending the ritzy Met Gala on Monday evening while wearing a “tax the rich” dress, a conservative watchdog group alleged in a complaint filed Thursday. “Representative Ocasio-Cortez may have violated the House Gift Rule by accepting…